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We shot today with Dave Franco and Alison Brie! They stayedcozy by the fire on a 76-degree afternoon in Van Nuys, Calif.

Dave Franco Talks Playing H-O-R-S-E, Getting “Naked” With DeAndre Jordan

The younger Franco’s latest Funny or Die video pits him against the 7-foot L.A. Clippers center. And a formidable dancer named Elke the Stallion.

Every six months or so, actor Dave Franco releases a new comedy short on Funny or Die that manages to tickle and titillate in equal measure. His latest, Real Life H-O-R-S-E, costarring Los Angeles Clippers star center DeAndre Jordan, dials down the raunch a notch or two but still manages to feature an impressively curvy booty-shaking dancer and something called the “penis competition.”

So we had to ring up the actor — who costars in the zombie rom-com Warm Bodies and will appear in the magician heist thriller Now You See Me on June 7 — to get the inside scoop on how the video came together.

BuzzFeed: So had you been playing pick-up games with DeAndre Jordan and decided to make it into a short?
Dave Franco: That came about really nicely, actually. I had written the script, and we were looking for an NBA star that has enough of a sense of humor to make fun of themselves, and who would be willing to give us two full shooting days, which is tough, because these guys’ schedules are insane. So I was talking to Funny or Die about which NBA star would you go after, and they mentioned that DeAndre had wanted to do a video. It just so happens that one of my roommates from college is one of DeAndre’s agents. So it just worked out perfectly.

Then I went on YouTube, and DeAndre has a series of videos on YouTube where he’s pranking people on the Venice pier. He has a fart machine, and he’s walking around lifting his leg up and literally farting on people, and he’s this 7-foot dude, so no one is really getting too mad at him. It just showed me that he is a funny guy and doesn’t take himself too seriously.

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Apparently, Dave Franco’s penis is less impressive than DeAndre Jordan’s. We learn this and other fun “facts” (Franco can’t rap…or jump!) in Franco’s latest slightly NSFW video for Funny or Die, “Real Life H-O-R-S-E!”

The title says it all: We watch Dave and DeAndre compete in series of absurdly escalating challenges. Basketball is only the beginning.

EW talked with Franco about his Funny or Die collaborations, stripping down with DeAndre, and his desire to one day direct.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How’d the idea come about?
DAVE FRANCO: So for all of our Funny or Die videos, I typically write them and it’s a pretty quick turnaround. Feasibly I could write it and we could be filming the next day and have it up online a week later. So it’s very rewarding to have that quick of a turnaround. And this particular project, I don’t now, I guess I’m drawn toward videos that have a game element to them. For example, our past videos—the “You’re So Hot” video and “Would You Rather?” video, they all have a game element. And I think why people are maybe drawn to those types of projects is because it maybe feels a little more engaging where the audience can keep track of the score and kind of know how far along they are in the video based on where they are in the game. I think in general it just feels a little more engaging.

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